words of today

1. taint /tent/

verb
- to damage or spoil the quality of something or the opinion that people have of somebody/something 使腐壞；污染；玷污，敗壞（名聲） VN often passive ~ sth (with sth) formal
> The administration was tainted with scandal. 醜聞使得政府聲名狼藉。

- tainted drinking water 污染的飲用水

noun
- the effect of something bad or unpleasant that spoils the quality of somebody/something 腐壞；污染；玷污 usually singular


2. redemption /rɪ'dɛmpʃən/

noun
- the act of saving or state of being saved from the power of evil; the act of redeeming 拯救；救贖 formal uncountable
> the redemption of the world from sin 將世界從罪惡中拯救出來

- the act of exchanging shares for money (= of redeeming them) 贖回（股票等） finance uncountable

Idiom:
beyond/past redemption
>too bad to be saved or improved 無法挽救；不可救藥